Search results
Mar 18, 2024 · Malden’s career took off after Kazan cast him as the naive suitor, Mitch, in Streetcar on Broadway and in the screen adaptation, a role that won him an Academy Award for best supporting actor (1951). Malden acknowledged that his looks, especially his bulbous twice-broken nose, would prevent him from being cast as a handsome leading man.
Karl Malden. Actor: A Streetcar Named Desire. Born to a Czech mother and a Serbian father in Chicago as Mladen Sekulovich, on March 22, 1912, Karl Malden did not speak English until he was in kindergarten. After graduating from high school in the nearby steel town of Gary, Indiana, Malden worked in the industry for three years until 1934, when he was frustrated with the drudgery of manual ...
Jul 2, 2009 · With his unglamorous mug -- Malden had broken his bulbous nose twice playing sports as a teenager -- the former Indiana steel-mill worker realized early on the course his acting career would...
Jul 2, 2009 · The jutting chin and oft-broken nose curve toward each other as though affixed to a Punch-and-Judy puppet, but Karl Malden’s face was not made for comedy. Like his voice, pitched between a...
Jul 1, 2009 · * His bulbous nose was his trademark. He broke it twice playing sports in high school. * Malden, whose parents were of Serb and Czech origin, was born Mladen George Sekulovich in Chicago on...
Jan 8, 2015 · 1912–2009. With his bulbous nose, rough-hewn features, and gruff voice, Karl Malden knew he wasn’t leading man material. So early on, he recalled, “I strived to be No. 1 in the No. 2 parts I...
Jul 1, 2009 · Malden said he got his celebrated bulbous nose when he broke it a couple of times playing basketball or football, joking that he was "the only actor in Hollywood whose nose qualifies him for...
